Dream House (video game)
Dream House is a Commodore 64 game created by Joyce Hakansson Associates, released in 1984 by CBS Electronics. It allows the player to design and test the house of his or her dreams.
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Publisher(s) | CBS Electronics |
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Designer(s) | Chris Oberth |
Platform(s) | Commodore 64 |
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Genre(s) | Educational software[2] |
Mode(s) | Single-player[2] |
Game description
From the sinks to the wall colors, from the roof to the various amounts of home appliances like dishwashers and dryers, nearly everything is a choice for the player.[3][4] One of the rooms even features a secret passageway.[4] Players can choose from a colonial farmhouse and other realistic properties.[3] Every house has a living room, a kitchen, two bedrooms, and a bathroom.[3] The game includes details such as a weather vane and a windmill on the barns.[3]
Reception
Commodore Microcomputers stated that "Dream House is not exactly a game ... but it is just as entertaining and challenging as any traditional game out there". The reviewer concluded that it "has not replaced nor diminished my old stand-by dream-weaving habitual hobby" of drawing homes on graph paper, but "with Dream House, dreaming comes that much closer to coming true".[5]
References
- Dream House release information at GameFAQs
- # of players information for Dream House at GB64.com
- Basic overview for Dream House at Lemon64.com
- Secret passageway information for Dream House at YouTube
- Essoe, Kelley (September–October 1985). "Dream House". Commodore Microcomputers. pp. 22, 124–125.